unfurling

From my walk in Lincoln Woods, this morning.

{Weekly Giveaway}: The Paper Apartment

This week's giveaway is from the talented The Paper Apartment, I have always loved well designed stationery and these cards and notepads are so gorgeous! Also check out their beautiful range of prints!

The lucky winner will have the choice of any Note Sets, Notepads & Single Cards, go now to check out the full range of choices.

Sorry to bore you with the conditions again, only read if you're new here!

How to Enter? Anyone who leaves a comment on any post during the next 7 days is automatically entered in the draw, starting with this post and ending Saturday the 2nd of May at 10am GMT. The winner will be revealed later that day.

Rules: only leave one comment per post please, meaningless comments will also be discarded. To pick the winner, I will first use randome.org to generate a number between 1 to 7 (7 posts a week) and then pick a randome comment within that post. So to maximise your chances you can reply to every post, don't want to miss a post? follow this blog via Blogger, Reader or Bloglovin & these technology will remind you!

Now to last week's winner...

Congratulation captivateme !! I will contact you shortly for delivery address :)
xx

white on white

The shapes I threw on the wheel a few weeks ago are finally glazed and out of the kiln. I chose a matte white glaze to accentuate the simplicity of the form. It's usually a clean pure white, but when fired with this particular clay body, which is a high fire stoneware, tiny gray specs appear on the surface, like some bird's eggs. I'm happy with the results.

ah... quince

photo courtesy of design* sponge

A lovely, and entertaining, posting on Design* Sponge about this gorgeous flowering tree used in flower arrangements.

Here is what the quince fruit looks like, just as beautiful as the flowers.

{Vintage Friday}: Lullie Vintage

Not sure how many of you are familier with Lullie Vintage already? I only wish I've discovered them ealier, their Ebay store is amazing, four pages of pure vintage heaven. It was so hard to choose the images I'd use for this post!

I am so in love with this vintage lace dress!!

Talking about vintage style, Lulu Guinness's flapship Ellis St store's re-launch is on this Saturday, perfect if you are near London - wish I was!! Click on the image to see a larger image.

Have a lovely weekend everyone, xx

(lookbook images from Lullie Vintage)

ted muehling

I have been a coveter of Ted Muehling jewelry since the first time I saw my friend Agnethe wear his rose thorn earrings. And now I covet his plates, a collection of exquisite handcrafted porcelain, designed for Nymphenburg. So yummy and buttery and fluttery.

Update: Trend Watch - Electric Blue

Update of February Trend Watch - Electric Blue

In February's Trend Watch I said that ELECTRIC BLUE is the colour you mut have in your Spring/Summer 2009 wardrobe.

Its the perfect shade for the moment, it's bright enough to make an impact but not as summery that you don't want to wear but just enjoy watching. I also added that 'Another bonus is that this shade suits virtually all skintones, so whether you are pale like Dita Von Teese or a dark beauty like Rihanna you'll look gorgeous in electric blue'.

All said, BLUE is the coolest hue and is the favourite colour for this Spring/Summer 2009.

For tips on how to wear Blue and some best picks of February including more celeb pics in Blue see the post Trend Watch - Electric Blue.

This season the best way to wear blue is by colour blocking - electric blue with canary yellow, orange, red or royal purple. But make sure -
- when working with colour, mix from the same family of tones i.e. pastels with pastels and brights with brights.
- keep accessories simple and polish the look with plain and neutral-toned acessories to keep it clean and at its best.
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Check out some more celebs spotted in the colour and some PICKS in BLUE.


Jennier Lopez in Blue Dress outside ABC Studios

Jennifer Lopez

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Jennifer Lopez wore a Blue draped minidress before her appearance at Good Morning America. She clashed blue with black, by accessorising her blue dress with a pair of black YSL platform shoes, tiered Thomas Wylde necklace in black, studded Valentino black bag, black belt and matching bracelet.
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Isla Fisher in the blue look at LA
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Isla Fisher

Isla Fisher, the Australian Actress who recently starred in Confessions of a Shopaholic, wearing the blue look with blue cardigan and scarf and blue plastic sunglasses. You like?

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Want to work on Smoky Blue Eyes?

Start by tracing your upper and lower lash lines with a navy liner, then use a small brush to smudge. "Give the liner a good buff to create a base for the shadow to stick to," Dubroff says. Next, layer matte blue shadow (Revlon matte eye shadow in Venetian Blue, $5; at drugstores) on top of the liner, focusing on the center of lids. "Don’t go up past the crease—it will look too theatrical. You want to carry the blue, not let the blue carry you," says Dubroff, who finished with a pale pink lipstick. (Source Instyle.com)



Have Fun with Blue!!!!!

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